🌱 NYC Financial Forecast + BK Has Lowest Polio Vaccination Rates

Good morning, Brooklyn! I'm here in your inbox today to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Let's do this.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 79 Low: 66.

Here are the top four stories today in Brooklyn:

1. On Tuesday, Sep. 6, former Brooklyn councilmember and current New York City Comptroller Brad Lander presented a grim forecast for NYC's financial recovery at the New York Financial Control Board meeting. Lander said NYC is "currently facing a period of significant economic uncertainty and mixed signals." While Fiscal Year 2022 was a year of "robust economic recovery" for NYC, the recovery is "incomplete and uneven" due to inflation and job losses. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
2. According to an Aug. 26 update from New York's Department of Health, six "samples of concern," of the once-eradicated polio virus have been identified in New York City's wastewater. Brooklyn has the lowest polio vaccination rates in the city with 81.2 percent of children in Brooklyn having received all three shots. In Williamsburg, the percentage of children who have been fully vaccinated against polio is even lower at 56.3 percent. View the link to learn more about the vaccine and where to get it. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. On Sep. 1, about 40 NYC climate activists from Food & Water Watch, New York Communities for Change, Climate Families NYC, 350 Brooklyn, Sunrise NYC, and Greenpeace USA gathered outside Rep. Hakeem Jeffries' Central Brooklyn office. The activists were urging two representatives, Clarke and Jeffries, to speak out against a deal that could speed up the review process for energy projects, including fossil fuel projects like the controversial Mountain Valley pipeline. The activists say this deal is "a step backward for the planet." (Brooklyn Reader)
4. A mini Japanese marketplace, 50 Norman, is opening in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood on Friday, Sep. 16. The 3,500-square-foot space features reclaimed woods from demolished houses in Kyoto to bring the "essence of Japan" into the multi-retail and dining mini-complex. The marketplace features three well-respected brands from Tokyo that are debuting in New York for the first time. Shoppers can buy housewares from Cibone, dashi packs from Dashi Okume, and eat at a Japanese French restaurant named House of Brooklyn. (Time Out)

Today in Brooklyn:

• Lalo-palooza in the Park At Old Stone House of Brooklyn (10:00 AM)
• Teen/Tween Rooftop Garden Hangout At Greenpoint Library (2:30 PM)
• Tiny Garden Concert & Cookie Swap: JC Cassis At Leonard Branch of BK Public Library (6:00 PM)
• Garden Party Comedy Show At Café Beit (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Brooklyn Book Festival announced the 2022 schedule highlights! New York City's largest free literary festival will take place from Sep. 25 to Oct. 3. View the link to learn more and to see the selection of highlight events. The full schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
• Sunday, Sep. 11, marks 21 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center. View the link to see the 9/11 memorial services and vigils in Brooklyn and across NYC to commemorate the anniversary and honor the lives of those lost in the attacks. Most events will be held in-person and full-size, after being held virtually or with smaller crowds for the past two years. (Brooklyn Paper)
• Seeing a house online is not the same as viewing it in person and physically walking through the rooms. View the link to see five upcoming open houses in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Patch)

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— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!